Online Course Delivery Sem ester 2 1 9 2 0 and the COVI D-1 9 outbreak Lauren Knowles
Introduction • Organisation and Logistics • Technology • Course Design
Organisation and Logistics • 12 tutors • 11 countries • 8 time zones • 400+ students in GMT+ 8
Organisation and Logistics • Experience of the course and the institution varied – some new, some experienced with the course • All new to the nature of delivery eg. Screencasts of lessons and use of forums for communication as a class • Need consistency across course – Weekly Forums
Organisation and Logistics Weekly Forums for students: Tutor forum for course queries:
Organisation and Logistics Tutor’s Moodle pages: • Weekly video review • Weekly forum with key tasks • Assignment submission points
Organisation and Logistics Weekly Forums: • Welcome blurb • Key task outline • Task details • Pictures / data • Tutor instructions (in red)
Technology Experience of the VLE (Moodle) and general confidence in using tech varied between tutors • ‘How to’ screencasts • Becoming an editing teacher on others’ Moodle pages • Screencasting tasks for interactive lessons
Technology Opportunity for upskilling • Coding for Moodle
Technology Opportunity for upskilling • Experimenting with new technologies: Text Adventure Quest
Course Design Opportunity for improvements • 1819 Student Evaluation of Module (SEM) and Tutor Evaluation of Module (TEM) feedback eg. ‘too much listening skills practice’; ‘need more paraphrasing practice’ • Student feedback eg. more instructions on ppts • 1920 SEMs and TEMs – help to ensure quality control of changes and inform what worked/ didn’t
Conclusion Key skills to deal with sudden conversion to online delivery: • Organisation • Patience • Willingness to help and be helped Key opportunities to take advantage of: • Tech upskilling • Course design improvements
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